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• Blog / Admissions

  I’m leavin’ on a jet plane… and another plane...and another plane...

  

  . Unfortunately, by the time I get there it's pretty late, and (probably due to the ... inconvenience. By about 11:30pm, I finally get to the other hotel, check in, and ... while I'm traveling!) If you ever get a chance to go, I'd highly recommend

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • September 22, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing… Maker Portfolios! Making the world better, one portfolio at a time

  

  by training (MIT-educated in Course 2) so I wanted to know all the ... Please note that, as  Hello World! I'd like to introduce you to a ... it's one of several options that MIT applicants have to send us

  • by Dr. Dawn '04, MS '06, PhD '11
  • August 22, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Puzzled need a quick fix for your boredom? try this puzzle on for size.

  

  created by the entire team every so often for you all to try, and then a ... from all over come to MIT to compete to solve insane brain teasers with hopes to find a coin hidden somewhere on MIT's campus typically over the

  • by Bryan
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Music in Springtime and MIT [by Ken Haggerty '11] Music at MIT can be both beautifully melodic and destructive, and…

  

  off of jazz. It really made me want to get back into music; I've played ... time for it and commit to it. By the end of the concert (sponsored by the ... [by Ken Haggerty '11] Last Thursday was THE perfect day. The sky was

  • by ARTalk
  • April 25, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What an “OX” means on a transcript and why I currently have two of them

  

  because I wanted to get it over with and be like hardcore but by Thursday ... - “Absence satisfactorily explained to and excused by the dean for ... advised me to ask for an “OX” in the class if I wasn’t feeling better by the

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • January 25, 2016
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Not an actual entry Warning: I am apparently in a run-on sentence/overuse of parenthetical statements mood today.

  

  , like, get dressed. Comments 1. I am willing to bet that Bryan and ... I took the red-eye from LAX to Boston -- the flight leaves LA at 9:30 PM and gets into Boston at 6 AM. Come on, that's just evil.) but I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 3, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  We all campus for iCampus Innovation and Entrepreneurship: We all love iCampus! (~8 pictures)

  

  achieve iCampus's goals, and if all goes well, they get funding to make ... buttons that allow you to zoom in or out, get background information and ... I'm not quite sure under what category to file this entry, since it

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 1, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  climbing and becoming a perspective on moving to the US for MIT and the slow journey towards adulthood

  

  objective: "Get to the top of this wall, in any way possible". This flavor of ... get afraid, and have to cope with risk and the limits of safety and your ... regretting. I am happy, but I am frustrated by my inability to pick, to choose

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • September 16, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  sk8 jebby on a skateboard

  

  getting really bored. Besides, I wanted a faster way to get around campus ... could use for riding without worrying about it getting scuffed up by griptape. Actually getting myself to step on the board was a physical and

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 29, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Birthday Boy Ben Birthday explosion inside.

  

  's around! He's a busy guy, after all), whether it's to chat, to get advice or ... and I decided to repay Ben for all his awesomeness by throwing a mini ... I would be the "distraction" and get Ben to leave 3-107, while

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 12, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  [Guest Post] Dating Is Hard anon has some feelings to share

  

  getting married to that person, having kids with that person, getting old ... picture getting married to him. So we revelled in the teenage dream that is ... turns out not everyone comes out the second they get to college and not

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 7, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Questbridge College Admissions Conference A guest post from Louis Lamia '14, an MIT Quest Scholar.

  

  year where we get to take vacation! So I did quite a bit of that - went ... lunch (all paid for by Questbridge), we set off to unload some stuff into ... treat indeed). I personally had a great time getting to know my group and

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • September 8, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Music Groups at MIT, Pt. 1 [by Jessica Noss '14, Guest Blogger] Audition for everything.

  

  Concert Band because I didn’t think I was good enough to get into anything by audition, they told me to audition anyway. Despite not having ... Chorallaries audition. Sure enough, by the time I got to the Chorallaries, I was

  • by ARTalk
  • May 3, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things I Learned From Freshman Year Overanalyzing all my bad habits.

  

  said to me many times last year by half-hearted well-intentioners who ... , I have to get at least 6 hours of sleep the night before. If I get 5 or fewer hours of sleep, I have to get 7+ hours the next night. I

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 23, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Calculus in Context 18.01 feels like an art history class

  

  to Physics. She also had to state that her book had been reviewed by a ... get involved, but the following Romantic period was not as welcoming to ... think the true definition of drinking from a firehose is to be learning

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • October 14, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s First Annual Q&A Kidding about the annual part. Catching up with my blog comments... finally!

  

  to get good competitions (all by my own effort) to follow my passions ... million things to get into college. You just have to do a few things that ... topic post but I think its more important to get the message across. On

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 20, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  how to restore an old whiteboard, mit style four years of whiteboard wear and care

  

  clothes. Instead, rinse them out by hand first to get toothpaste and marker ... whiteboard is definitely dirty by the end) intended to be used on new ... eraser. Basically, you’re trying to get out as many surface stains as you

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • January 17, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Info Session Courtesy of Ben Jones

  

  here so it looks like we get to skip the Intl admissions part of the ... learning how to actively learn, pursue topics, and be inspired by the ... undergraduates because it allows a chance for young students to get research under

  • by Snively '11
  • March 28, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Psetting en route to North Carolina Sectionals vs. Midterms

  

  that night as well, it took over an hour (and $100) to get to the ice arena in Indian Trail. Lucikly, I was able to get there just in time for ... . She told me to come stop by tomorrow if I have a chance to let her know

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • December 13, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  ADITL My wednesday.

  

  : Stop by the Balfour booth to get my ring resized. All the running this ... begins to buzz. Play hide and go seek with my alarm clock for twenty ... : Respond to emails and decide whether or not flip flops are appropriate given

  • by Bryan
  • October 12, 2006